Journals and Conferences

Photonic crystal fibers exhibit physical features, from various angles, more versatile, intriguing and promising than those pertaining to the conventional optical fibers. Their cross-section can be… (More)

A dedicated 3D numerical model based on coupled mode theory and solving the rate equations has been developed to analyse, design and optimize an optical amplifier obtained by using a tapered fiber… (More)

An optical multiplexer-demultiplexer based on an index-confined photonic band gap waveguide is proposed. The dropping of electromagnetic waves having a given frequency or a certain frequency band is… (More)

Different strategies for designing optical couplers, optimized to enhance the pump absorption in the rare-earth-doped core of microstructured fiber lasers, are illustrated. Three kinds/configurations… (More)

Two original computer codes for the design of rare-earth-doped dielectric microspheres have been ad hoc developed. The former code is based on a finite-difference time-domain algorithm, suitably… (More)

The paper deals with the possibility of using photonic crystals for sensing purpose. The optical properties of photonic crystals allow to realize sensing devices characterized by a high degree of… (More)